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Order to issue three cannons to Jan Tarnowski to supply the royal castle in Stryi. One of the cannons is described as weighing two centners.

Moldavian Voivode Stephen the Great confirms the ancient trade liberties for merchants from Lviv and the Ruthenian and Podolian lands, and establishes detailed customs tariffs at customs houses within Moldavia. The document also grants them the right to maintain a merchant house in Suceava and guarantees the protection of their goods against confiscation.

Jan Achenkif informs Arthur Forbes about the purchase of expensive sables, a shipment of one thousand zlotys, and goods sent to Jarosław. He also clarifies the matter of 'duchty' (duties/taxes) and the weight of the cargo on the wagon, adding his wife's request for cloves.

Reinhold Bruß confirms to Arthur Forbes the receipt of an order to ship 256 hundredweights of cloth to Wrocław and reports on the preparations for the wagon transport. He mentions the coordination of activities with Thomas Taylor and Ferdinand Engelhard, as well as issues regarding freight settlements.

B. Werner informs Arthur Forbes about the arrival of wagons in Jarosław after a difficult winter journey and about plans to send them with cargo to Gdańsk. He further explains the reasons for the failure of the cloth transport from Zamość to Wrocław and announces the organization of goods transport by wagons from Lviv.

Anna Dolska asks the Voivode for help and protection in the face of the tribulations she suffers from her own son. In a postscript, she denies allegations that she agreed to her sister's marriage to Mr. Cetnar against the addressee's will.

Ferdinand Engelhardt informs Arthur Forbes about the shipment of eleven bales and one package of goods from Wrocław to Jarosław via the carrier Tomasz Kiełbika. The letter contains a specification of the weight of individual cargo items and a summary of the freight costs paid and remaining to be paid.

Ferdinand Engelhardt notifies the merchant Arthur Forbes about the dispatch of a batch of goods from Breslau to Jarosław via a carrier, along with a bale of thread, specifying their weight according to Leipzig and Breslau measures. He also informs him of the payment of half the freight charges in Breslau and obliges the addressee to pay the carrier the remaining amount upon intact delivery.

Ferdinand Engelhardt informs Arthur Forbes about the dispatch of two bales of cargo from Wrocław to Lviv via the carrier Gregor Bielawski. He specifies the weight of the goods, the transport rate, the amount of the advance payment made on the spot, and the balance due upon successful receipt of the shipment.

Ferdinand Engelhardt prepared in Wrocław a specification of goods with a total value of over 4932 florins, sent on two wagons to Robert Forbes in Jarosław. The cargo included, among others, various fabrics, haberdashery, stockings, paper, sugar, lead, and chocolate.

Ferdinand Engelhardt informs Arthur Forbes about the dispatch of a wagon with goods from Breslau to Jarosław, including cloth, sheet metal, and paper, entrusted to the carter Adam Knapik. The sender provides a specification of the cargo weight and instructions regarding the payment of the remaining freight balance upon the safe arrival of the transport.